Political stability during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the political stability changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski	27 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 2016	+7.4 points 2006 → 2015	+0.8 points/yr
2	Zoran Zaev	31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020	+6.5 points 2016 → 2019	+2.2 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.